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March 13, 2019
Premier Statement for the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Hearing on Reducing Barriers to Competition in the Drug Market
Premier submitted a statement for the record for the House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee hearing on “Lowering the Cost of Prescription Drugs: Reducing...
March 08, 2019
Premier Statement for the Record for Drug Pricing Hearings in the Senate Special Committee on Aging and House Ways and Means Committee
Premier submitted statements for the record for drug pricing hearings in the Senate Special Committee on Aging and House Ways and Means Committee. As...
March 05, 2019
Statement on Gottlieb’s Work to Create Greater Competition for Drugs and Lower Prices
By Blair Childs, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Premier Members of the Premier alliance wish to extend their gratitude to FDA Commissioner Scott...
March 01, 2019
Advisor Live® Webinar: Reviewing ONC and CMS Health Information Technology (IT) and Interoperability Proposed Rules
Join us on Wednesday, March 6th at 2 p.m. ET for this 90-minute, live presentation to learn about the proposed rules and related requests for...
February 15, 2019
Statement on the Healthcare Leadership Council and the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Report “Advancing Interoperability, Information Sharing, and Data Access”
By Susan DeVore, President and Chief Executive Officer, Premier Healthcare Alliance Premier Inc. has a vision for smarter, more responsive healthcare that is efficient...
February 15, 2019
Statement on CMMI’s Emergency Triage, Treat and Transport (ET3) Model
By Blair Childs, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Premier Curbing unnecessary emergency department (ED) use presents an opportunity to reduce costs and deliver...
February 12, 2019
Statement on HHS Health IT Interoperability Proposed Rules
By Blair Childs, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Premier Today the Department of Health and Human Services has taken a critical step forward...
February 12, 2019
Premier Provides Input on Modifying HIPAA Rule to Promote Value-based Care
Premier submitted comments today in response to the HHS Office of Civil Rights (OCR)’s request for information (RFI) on ways to modify the Health...
February 01, 2019
Premier Statement on the Patient Affordability Value and Efficiency Act
By Blair Childs, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Premier The Premier healthcare alliance applauds Senators Cassidy and Warner for proposing legislation to remove...
January 29, 2019
Premier Urges Congressional Committees to Adopt Sustainable Solutions to Address Rising Drug Prices
Premier submitted statements for the record for today’s drug pricing hearings in the Senate Finance Committee and House Committee on Oversight and Reform. As...
January 29, 2019
Premier Responds to Federal Strategy to Reduce Burdens Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs
Premier submitted comments in response to the Strategy on Reducing Regulatory and Administrative Burden Relating to the Use of Health IT and EHRs. Required...
January 23, 2019
Premier Provides Input on FDA Proposed Framework for Regulating Drug-Use-Related Software
Premier submitted comments to the FDA in response to its proposed framework for regulating prescription drug-use-related software applications. Premier cautioned the FDA to ensure...
January 15, 2019
Statement on AHA/FAH/ASHP Study on Drug Shortages
By Blair Childs, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, Premier As the national leader in combating drug price increases and drug shortages, we applaud...
January 11, 2019
Premier Offers Solutions to FDA to Eliminate Drug Shortages
Premier provided input to the Food and Drug Administration on the underlying systemic causes of drug shortages and recommendations for actions to prevent or...
December 21, 2018
Statement on the Final Medicare Shared Savings Program Redesign
While CMS finalized some improvements to the Medicare Shared Savings Program, the Premier healthcare alliance is extremely concerned that these are overshadowed by unrealistic expectations.
December 06, 2018
Statement on the Framework for FDA’s Real World Evidence Program
Premier wholeheartedly applauds the FDA’s recognition of the importance of gathering real-world evidence to gain insight into safety, efficacy, patient outcomes and cost-effectiveness of drugs...
November 16, 2018
Premier Comments on Medicare Regulatory Provisions to Promote Program Efficiency, Transparency, and Burden Reduction
Premier responds to CMS’ proposals to resolve redundancies in the Medicare program by reducing unnecessary regulatory burdens and costs for providers.
November 02, 2018
Premier Statement on the CY 2019 OPPS Final Rule
By Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs, Premier The administration’s decision to pay physician fee schedule rates, instead of outpatient rates, for...
November 01, 2018
Premier Statement on the Home Health Final Rule
We are extremely disappointed that CMS is moving forward with its proposal in the final home health rule.
November 01, 2018
Premier Statement on the Medicare Shared Savings Program Provisions Included in the CY 2019 Physician Fee Schedule Final Rule
By Blair Childs, senior vice president of public affairs, Premier Premier is encouraged that CMS has finalized a voluntary six-month extension for existing ACOs...
October 26, 2018
Premier Calls for Reforms to Stark Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements CMP
Premier responds to CMS's RFI on the Stark Anti-Kickback Statute and Beneficiary Inducements Civil Monetary Penalties.
